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TL;DR
- A brand new report suggests Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 ‘Slim’ won’t be as slim as anticipated, with a thickness within the 10-11mm vary.
- The telephone will reportedly omit the digitizer to realize this thinner profile, sacrificing S Pen compatibility within the course of.
- Regardless of these efforts, the Z Fold 6 Slim will nonetheless be thicker than Chinese language foldables, which boast a thickness of sub-10 mm.
The current launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 introduced yet one more iterative improve to the foldable market, leaving tech fans craving extra. Rumors of an “Extremely” Galaxy Z Fold 6 ‘Slim,’ positioned as Samsung’s reply to superior Chinese language foldables, have been circulating for a while now. Nonetheless, a brand new report from The Elec suggests this upcoming mannequin won’t be the game-changer many hoped for. (h/t: 9to5Google)
The report signifies that the Z Fold 6 Slim would possibly find yourself being solely marginally thinner than the usual Z Fold 6, which is 12.1mm thick when folded. The brand new Slim model might fall within the “low to mid-11mm vary.” This discount will primarily be because of the elimination of the digitizer, which is the layer that allows S Pen performance on Samsung’s book-style foldables.
The report reiterates a rumor we’ve been listening to for some time now that the trade-off for a slimmer Samsung foldable would be the lack of S Pen compatibility. By eliminating the 0.3mm thick digitizer, Samsung ought to be capable of convey the gadget’s folded thickness all the way down to roughly 11.5mm.
Regardless of the slimmer profile, the Z Fold 6 Slim should still fall brief when in comparison with Chinese language foldables just like the Xiaomi Combine Fold 4 and HONOR Magic V3, that are ~9.5mm and ~9.3mm thick, respectively. To make issues worse for Samsung, these rivals not solely characteristic thinner designs but additionally pack in bigger batteries and arguably higher digital camera {hardware}.
Moreover, we don’t count on the Z Fold 6 Slim to supply vital {hardware} upgrades over the usual Z Fold 6. As an alternative, Samsung is prone to focus its advertising and marketing on the gadget’s thinness.
The report highlights that Samsung’s hesitance to undertake a fair thinner design stems from issues about reliability. Using new supplies and designs to realize a thinner type issue couldn’t solely elevate part prices but additionally danger product defects, a blow Samsung probably needs to keep away from.
With a rumored October launch, Samsung anyway has restricted time to make drastic modifications with the Z Fold 6 Slim. Shoppers within the US are unlikely to see this new foldable in shops, because the gadget may have restricted availability, primarily in markets comparable to China and South Korea.
On the intense facet, we are able to count on at the least a number of the design enhancements that Samsung makes on the Z Fold 6 Slim to hold over to subsequent 12 months’s Z Fold 7. Aside from its slim profile, all we all know in regards to the Z Fold 6 Slim is that the gadget might supply an 8-inch inside display screen and a 6.5-inch exterior display screen, each barely bigger than the usual Z Fold 6.
